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[pacman75cricket]

I have been opening so far 3 games last 2 rushes of blood runout + yesterday tried big drive over thje top missed it bowled leg stump.(Maybe slower ball but not sure). Any tips for stopping rushes of blood .  Think in head see ball hit ball but maybe nee to rein it in.

[FattusCattus]

I'm with Paccers here - swishing at everything me, when I can actually play defensively.

Nerves getting the better of me!

[pacman75cricket]

I can leave the ball but if I see the ball seems I can't help myself.

Think its a rhythm thing not having got runs for a while incl last season.

Need to bat within myself maybe.

[Nickauger]

It's difficult this one, if it's the way you play, you'll find it difficult to rein yourself in.... I'm exactly the same. I always have a quiet word with myself before every ball, take my time getting ready to face and if I do something stupid, i.e. play and miss at a good ball, I'll take a little walk to square leg, clear my head and have another go. It's all about confidence and self-discipline, and it's real hard work. Look at the match situation as well, to help you decide what is actually needed and play responsibly.

[pacman75cricket]

Seems I can bat either defensively or how I seem to @ the moment think I will have to talk no over the top.  Think I need a decent score to sttle me down.

[MJB3]

It's that age old problem, go into your shell and bat your way into form, but not making the big runs. Or go out and hit and get a quick 50... Personally I prefer to bat time, but it can at times just add to the problem, sitting there 2 0f 20 feeling useless, not to mention the abuse from teammates and opposition, but its always worked eventually.

Try taking your net more seriously, try and make it like a game, play yourself in then start ticking over, rather than trying to hit from the off, then you can tell yourself on a saturday you know what to do

[Tail Ender]

Is it a rush of blood, rash in the moment thing? Or are you premeditating? I found myself a couple of times this season after I'd got myself in saying "right, if it's in the slot I'm going after this one", and then having to fight myself and say "no, nothing stupid. Wait for it, play it as it comes, nothing stupid". This would happen every couple of overs, and I'd just keep talking myself throught it, "nothing stupid, wait for it, play it on its merits". I found that and having a specific song in my head that I would keep singing helped.

And as MJB83 has mentioned, take your net absolutely seriously and treat it as a game situation (how many of us have blokes at the club who try to club everything in the nets and then get out cheaply on a weekend?). Don't go after balls in the nets that you wouldn't go after in a game, or if you would normally go after try to rein it in. It takes a lot of self discipline, but you will find that after a few weeks it will be working. Be prepared to work on it though, and stick to it.

[tim2000s]

Having had two recent games where "Score quick runs" was the mantra, I have got out taking premeditated heaves at balls that weren't there to be heaved at.

Back to basics for me in the next game I bat in. Play forward, defend and hit the bad ball when I can... Even in T20...

[trypewriter]

I've always suffered from this and have a real problem with it.

[Stratts]

I found myself a couple of times this season after I'd got myself in saying "right, if it's in the slot I'm going after this one", and then having to fight myself and say "no, nothing stupid. Wait for it, play it as it comes, nothing stupid". This would happen every couple of overs, and I'd just keep talking myself throught it, "nothing stupid, wait for it, play it on its merits".

Wow, that's exactly like me.  I had the exact same conversation in my head this weekend.

I am quite a defensive player, it's my only game of cricket each week and I want to make sure I get my money's worth, so I tend to try and spend time at the crease just working the one's and two's.  It's amazing how quickly after you do that you start to get in the zone, you're out of breath, not thinking about anything else but the ball and then you suddenly start to score more quickly.

What is just as important is what the guy at the other end doing?  If I am on 1 off 50 balls but the team is on 50 off 10 overs then why do I care what anyone says?  I am doing a job.

If you watch the pro's during the CB40 and T20 games they seem to rescue impossible situations by staying calm and waiting for the bowler to make a mistake.  It's amazing how just one change of bowler can suddenly change your whole innings.

[pacman75cricket]

Started off slow tonight in T20, ended up hitting 2x6 and 30(thinlk it may have been a few more).  Why I was batting 8 I don't know.

Hopefully start of improved batting.

[shazz]

What helps me is to clear my mind before every delivery, pre-meditating is very dangerous and often leads to bad shot selection. So I just whisper, "watch the ball" to
Myself as the bowler is running in, it's sort of a mental trigger to switch on. Also as a rule I try to keep the ball on the ground for my first 8 overs at the crease, it doesn't matter about the situation because I know that once I am set, I will make up
For lost time.

[Jaymo]

Could not agree more with this shazz.

[tim2000s]

As I was learning to play, the club I was at had an elderly guy who had been at Worcestershire back in the day. He was a very technically correct left hander and his mantra was always "a six is a mis-hit four"...